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Mr. H. Archer, Old Harbour, St. Catherine. — The seeds all took well 

 and came to perfection about 22 weeks from planting and gave a fair crop. 



From Bulletin Jamaica, Oct. 1895. 



Mr. "W. Chisholm, Halfway Tree. — The seeds I got from you were 

 divided in two lots ; the first was sown in September or October, but 

 all the plants were destroyed by the very heavy and constant rain we 

 had last year. In November I put out the balance of seeds and after 

 the plants were about 6 inches high I transplanted every one with the 

 result that the onions were quite a success both in size and quality. 



We hud onions of all sizes some measuring over 11 inches in circum- 

 ference and were praised by all who tasted them. 



Mr. W. A. Sabona liere. Cedar Yalley. — The onion seed planted early 

 sn 1894 did not come up very well, a few came in too quickly and none 

 were more than 2 or 3 ozs. in weight, in the autumn some were trans- 

 planted which are doing much better and will soon be fit for use The 

 seed sown in December, 1894, came up much better and the young 

 onion looked promising. Of those transplanted one onion just gathered 

 weighed 1 oz , and 6 one quarter of a pound. 



Mr. F. H. Burker, Retreat. — These seeds were sown on 11th Dec, 

 '94 and grew very well and would have produced a good crop but for the 

 unusual dry weather since Dec, 1894. The crop has not yet been taken 

 out of the ground but there are some very good sized onions among them. 



Mr. Alex. Hopwood, Brown's Town. — The crop of onions this year 

 is very poor, very small in size, and only fit for pickling. The seeds 

 were planted and treated the same as the previous lot, which yielded 

 onions up to f lb. each. Cannot account for the failure. The seeds 

 were sown a month earlier than the previous year, otherwise the cul- 

 tivation was the same. The seeds of the Indian Onion grew beautifully, 

 but the onion from them are very small. This description of onion 

 has never done well with me. 



Mr. Costa, Brown's Town. — The onion seed that you kindly sup- 

 plied last year have given a good return of onions and particularly 

 the red onions. I planted my onion seeds last year in Nov. and did 

 not transplant, the soil was ploughed up with a hoe, a small quantity 

 of manure added, and little furrows l^ to 2 inches in depth made with 

 the point of a stout stick into which the seeds were sown, soon as the 

 onions began to bulb they were moulded. From the results of my ex- 

 periments I conclude Octr. and Novr. are the only months in which it 

 is advisable to plant onions. For the past two years I have done so 

 well with the small quantity of seed supplied me from the Gardens, 

 that I am thinking of going in for the cultivation to some extent. 



Mr. C. L. Walker, Walker's Wood. — The Indian Onion seed came up 

 rapidly, made perfect heads, and were smooth and perfect but small 

 about 14 to the lb. flavour perfect. I am of opinion that the Indian 

 Onion is the best for Jamaica. They came to perfection in 9 weeks, 

 and were then fit for the market. 



Sergt. Oarr, Cave Valley — The Bermuda Onion seeds which I re- 

 ceived some time in last year were delivered to some of the small set- 

 tlers, and they throve most beautifully with some of them, and they 

 are now getting ripe . 



Mr. T. Kemp, Cave Valley. — The Indian onion seed I received in 



